Anne Therese was born on October 2, 1798 in Etables France. He mother Isabelle taught her daughter and had many lessons on religion and scripture. This nourished her love for the gospel and the Roman Catholic Church. She received her First Holy Communion at ten, she told the priest at the time she was going to become a nun.

Anne Therese’s father served in Napoleons Navy, and was away for long stretches of time. Around Anne Therese’s 15th birthday her father was murdered by bandits. Isabella was heartbroken and overwhelmed by her husbands murder and at the time, Anne Therese took the responsibility of caring for her family and home.

When Anne Therese was about 25, she entered the Sisters of Providence of Ruille-Sur-Loir. This community of nuns provided opportunities to educate and care for poor, sick and dying children.

While teaching and caring for the poor, sick and dying children in France, mother Theodore was asked to go on a mission to the United States.

Before her death on May 14, 1856, she had opened schools in towns throughout Indiana and Illinois. She was canonized in 2006 and is known as the patron saint of Indianapolis.

In honor of her French heritage, I decided to make a French Cheese tray.

8 comments on “French Cheese Tray and Year of Faith”

Thanks for all the great info! I’m actually doing an 8 course classic french menu for a private dinner i’m catering next week. I’m doing a cheese and fruit course at the end, so this will definitely help 🙂

I love cheese trays! In fact, I make up small ones for myself for lunch, with slices of various cheeses, crackers, and some fruit, olives, or veggies. It’s my favorite meal, especially in the summer. Yours looks lovely.

LOVE this post!! There are nights when I walk in the door from work and say: cheese board! The Hub knows that means I had a long day and it’s cheese, fruit, crackers and wine for dinner 🙂 We love trying new cheeses and I will certainly pick up a few of these!

Veronica ( Vonnie) your blog is just lovely!! I am so happy I caught your post on FB…the CBN page)….This post is esp beautiful…..I look fwd to getting to know you via the blogosphere. I;m on CBN as well as a couple of other blog groups. I;m sure I’ll “see” you.:) BTW we also have turtles…love them love them…(RES) so cute.
God bless…

Vonnie,
Thank you for sharing this wonderful saint. As a product of the Sisters of Providence education in Indiana, I am especially proud of our saint. My children attend St Theodore Guerin High School in Noblesville and we have shared this site with all the students and faculty.
We will be having cheese plates ofter in April. Thanks for the inspiration.
L

About Me

Veronica (Vonnie) is a widowed Catholic mom and a Coastal Virginia based food writer, a not so perfect Weight Watcher follower and animal wrangler, with a constant yearning for freshly baked bread, Krispy Kreme donuts, fried chicken and setting off the fire alarm in the pursuit of the perfect recipe.